Apron



R. J. CHRISTIAN.

APRON.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 11, 1920.

1,41 1,562.. Patented Apr. 4, 1922 FAA 5/411 [fare/s 7:4 //\1 Ill... 1"

UNITED STATES RALEIGH J. CHRISTIAN, DE LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

APBON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

Application filed November 11, .1920. serial No. 423,360.

To all whom it ma concern."

Be it known that RALEIGH J. CHRISTIAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Aprons, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of this invention to provide an apron or the like adapted for use by workmen and arranged to provide convenient pockets. I,

More particularly the invention has for its object the provision of a construction wherein the pockets provided upon the garment will at all times be loose so that nails or the like may be placed in or extracted from the pockets.

It is a still further object of the invention to provide a construction wherein the weight of the garment may be supported from the waist line and the waist encircling band of the garment be drawn as tight as found necessary without stretching the pockets of the garment so as to close the same.

The invention will be more readily understood from the following description of the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of an apron constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a detail section on the line 3-3 ofFig. 1.

Fig. 1 is a detail section on the line 4-4 I of Fig. 2.

In the present embodiment of the invention I have shown the same applied to an apron provided with a bifurcated lower portion arranged to fit over the legs of the wearer. It will be apparent, however, that the invention is as readily applicable to overalls and the like as well as to aprons.

The apron which I have illustrated includes a bib portion 1 and a portion extending below the waist line which is split so as to form the leg members 2. The upper edge of the bib portion'may be provided with a neck encircling band 3 secured at one end to one side of the upper edge of the bib as by the rivet l. The opposite end of the band 3 is provided with a usual hook 3 adjustable in usual manner so as to vary the lengthof the neck band 3. This hook is arranged to det-achably engage a button 4. provided at the opposite side of the upper edge of bib 1. The leg members 2 may be provided with leg encircling bands 6 riveted asshown at 7 at their-respective ends to the respective side edges of the leg members. I

A waist encircling band 8 is provided upon the inner side of the apron at the waist line. At the medial line ofthe garment this Waist band is secured to the apron as by stitching 9 and at the respective side edges of the apron the waist band is similarly secured thereto. Between the side edge stitching and the stitching at the center of the apron the latter is'loose from the waist band and the apron is somewhat full with relation to the waist band, as clearly shown in Fig. 4. The ends of the waist band may have tying strips 10 riveted there to, as shown at 11.

In putting on the apron neck band 3 is received around the neck and the legs are slipped through the loops formed by bands 6. The tying straps 10 are then tied around the waist as tightly as is found desirable in order to support the majority of the weight of the apron from the waist line. It will be noted that however tight the waist band may be drawn the apron proper will remain loose, due to the fullness of the latter.

Pockets 12 may be conveniently positioned upon the bib and leg portions of the apron and large pockets adapted to contain nails or the like are conveniently positioned upon the apron at the waist line. These pockets include a base 13 stitched to the apron at its upper edge, as shown at 14, and having the pockets 15 formed thereon. Two of these pockets are preferably provided by stitching one large pocket midway of its width to the base 13, as shown at 16. In similar manner two large pockets 17 are provided in front of the pockets 15. The pockets 15 and 17 are made full with relation to the base 13 in order that the hand may be readily inserted in these pockets, and since the apron proper to which the pockets are secured is in turn made full with relation to the waist band 8 the open ends of the pockets will at all times be open so that access may be readily had to the pockets.

Various changes may be made in the construction as thus described without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. The combinationwith a waist encircling band, of a garment secured thereto at transversely spaced points with fullness in said garment, and pockets upon said full part of the garment.

2. The combination with a Waist encirclin band, of a'garment secured to the ban at transversely spaced points'with.

fullness in the garment betweenthe points, a base secured to the front face of the garment, and pockets secured to the front of the base said pockets being full upon the ase.

3. The combination with a waist encircling band, of a garment secured to the band at transversely spaced points with fullness in the garment between the points, a base secured to the front face of the garment, pockets secured to the front of the base said pockets being full upon the base, and second pockets secured to the front of the first pockets. v

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

' RALEIGH J. CHRISTIAN. 

